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USP enters in MOU with UK national biological standards board to improve the quality of medicines .by entering into the MOU the two bodies are hoping to improve and harmonize biologics quality standards .in particular they will be developing reference materials and entering into collaborative research arrangement.

REFERENCE:
www.in-pharmatechnologist.com

IIOPERIDONE(fanapt)-to treat acute schizophrenic episodes in adults has been recently approved by fda.

(fanapt:pantheon,inc)

As we all know that schizophrenia is stated to be a chronic,severe and disabling brain disorder.sometimes it can also be a devasting illness requiring lifelong treatment and requires medication which eases many symptoms.

Injectable ibuprofen-caldolor is one of the newly approved drug by FDA.

It is considered to be the first dosage form of the common pain medication IBUPROFEN to treat pain and fever hence this can be used for patients when they cannot take oral products .

One of the leading company in India.....Cipla Ltd launched two anti-flu drugs "Antiflu "and "Virenza" even as the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention was open to consider importing a generic flu drug from India.
Antiflu, which has been approved by the WHO, is the generic version of Tamilfu made by the Swiss manufacturer Roche.

Pro-action is always better than reaction for diabetic patients............

Pro-active 5 tips of care for diabetic patients:

1.FOOT CARE:
foot care is important for diabetics.They must look at their feet daily and perform a comprehensive foot examination.If they find any changes in it should inform the doctor to let him identify the risk factors predictive of ulcers and amputations.

These play an Important role in petroleum and petrochemicals which is a part of natural product organic chemistry……….

Octane number of a given fuel is the percent of iso-octane in a mixture of iso-octane and n-heptane that gives the same knocking properties as the fuel under test under the similar experimental conditions.

This is used for the evaluation of gasolines in petrol engines.

PLANT PROTIEN SWEETENERS

Wide variety of sweetening agents or sweeteners used in pharmacy are basically carbohydrates like sucrose, glucose, honey etc or glycosides such as glycyrrhizins, sterioside or even synthetic i.e saccharine.

However the sweetening agents other than above chemical nature and still from natural sourse are really very rare.

#It stands for quantitative structural activity relationship (QSAR) or quantitative structural property relationship.
#It includes a relationship to quantify relationship between chemical structure and biological activity.
#The QSAR approach use parameters which have been assigned to the various chemical groups that can be used to modify the structure of the drug .

CYPROTERONE ACETATE AND ETHINYLOESTRDIOL TABLETS:

compositon:
Each film coated tablet contains:
cyproterone acetate BP 2mg
ethinyloestradiol IP 0.035mg

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY:
it combines with cyproterone acetate ,a potent antiandrogen and ethinyl oestradiol,a semisynthetic derivetive of oestradiol.

MECHANISM OF ACTION;

The Symptoms of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome are:

There are a number of symptoms associated with the syndrome:
• Absent or irregular periods
• Weight gain
• Acne (spotty skin)
• Hirsutism (excessive hair growth on the face and body)
• Difficulties getting pregnant
• Thinning of scalp hair